Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever.
In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant The Shack wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone
you know to read this book!
My Review:
I bought this book because the trailer for the movie caught my attention.
Man, was this purchase worth it.
Mac is a father of three, who's youngest daughter had been taken and murdered by the Little Lady Killer--a serial killer who actually existed. This book is in fact, based on true events. Although Young admits Mac's coming to God weekend may have not been physically real, it certainly was as real to Mac as anything else.
This book was beautiful. It taught what it meant to forgive. To love unconditionally. My heart swelled with the story.
Forgiveness is hard. So very hard. And Papa (aka God) asked Mac to forgive the Little Lady Killer, it was the only way he would be able to find his baby girl's body. Watching him go through this grueling process of understanding what it really means to judge others, to condemn them.
Mac and his relationship with his family was so heart touching. Not only was Mac going through a hard time, but so was his family. The way they all came together in the end, how they forgave each other and themselves...it makes me wish we all knew the joys of forgiveness.
It was one of the best Christian books I've read about God in a long time. The emotion was so powerful, so touching. Incredible.
The movie was just as powerful. They did a wonderful job following everything Young described.
4.5 out of 5!
My Review:
I bought this book because the trailer for the movie caught my attention.
Man, was this purchase worth it.
Mac is a father of three, who's youngest daughter had been taken and murdered by the Little Lady Killer--a serial killer who actually existed. This book is in fact, based on true events. Although Young admits Mac's coming to God weekend may have not been physically real, it certainly was as real to Mac as anything else.
This book was beautiful. It taught what it meant to forgive. To love unconditionally. My heart swelled with the story.
Forgiveness is hard. So very hard. And Papa (aka God) asked Mac to forgive the Little Lady Killer, it was the only way he would be able to find his baby girl's body. Watching him go through this grueling process of understanding what it really means to judge others, to condemn them.
Mac and his relationship with his family was so heart touching. Not only was Mac going through a hard time, but so was his family. The way they all came together in the end, how they forgave each other and themselves...it makes me wish we all knew the joys of forgiveness.
It was one of the best Christian books I've read about God in a long time. The emotion was so powerful, so touching. Incredible.
The movie was just as powerful. They did a wonderful job following everything Young described.
4.5 out of 5!
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